bell hooks Quotes on Politics
bell hooks, born Gloria Jean Watkins, was an American Black feminist philosopher, cultural critic, and the most widely read public writer of Black feminist thought in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This page collects quotes attributed to bell hooks on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“Domination is upheld by silence; freedom begins in speech.”
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Attributed to bell hooks:
“Patriarchy has no gender; women too can be its servants.”
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“Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2014), p.XII”
I have wanted them to have this simple definition to read again and again so they know: Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. -
“As quoted in Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2014), p.34”
Today’s fashion magazines may carry an article about the dangers of anorexia while bombarding its readers with images of emaciated young bodies representing the height of beauty and desirability. -
“Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (2014), p.106.”
Creation spirituality replaced a patriarchal spirituality rooted in notions of fall and redemption.